With an election looming and no end in sight for COVID-19, Americans admit to reading news they don’t trust. Why?

More than 80% of Americans say they believe the spread of misinformation is a major problem this election year, yet many people frequently read articles from news sites that they do not trust, according to a poll released Wednesday by USAFacts, a nonprofit civic initiative, and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research at the University of Chicago.

People are also reading news from nontraditional sources. The poll found that four in 10 Americans get information about the government from local and national television networks, cable news and social...